You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

We know that death never skips or spares anybody and that no one ever returns. And yet we go on like the blind, who see as little at midday as in the pitch-dark night. We do not take these examples to heart; we do not realize that today or tomorrow our turn will come.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ.

God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.

The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.

I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.